Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-06-17
NOTES..

Accounts from all over Texas show the most
magnificent crop prospects siace the famous big
crop year of 1882.
In :he distribution of the $400, 900 appro
priated by Congress to provide the arms nAd
equipments tor the militia, Maryland viii re-
ceive $7,s73.
Mrs. Annie CIR filth. of philadelphia, in 1t
of insanity Saturday cut the throat OF her ten
year OLD daughter with raz'r and then drew
the weapon across her own throat, dying al
most instantly. The child died u few hours
later.
In New York, Saturday, while policeman
Coogsn Was patr oIlins his post he saw n roll OF
money on the street. He picked it up and
found 1t contained bills amounting in all to
81 500 He iurn,d il in to the Church street
station house.
Recently the German Aid Society, to which
many of lie striking Boston brewers brlong
voted ST 600 to aid the strikers Other IN I'D
bers of the society secured an irjlnctioh res
trsiHng The tr' asurer Ion payiss the .monn,
Judge Alien decided tina, the funds of tue 50.
cie,y could not be used for such purpose.
Mrs Albert Brooks, OF Junlat~, Mich went
TO Denver last fall 10 receive $50, 900 l-it her
by an uncle. A letter WAS received from h.I
recently by her husband, saying she had cen
kidnapped by gang OF men, who had forced
ner to surrender so OOs oi hrr money. aid
refused TO release her uaul she had gwen them
all oi il.
The blast FURNACES aud steel mills OF III.
South Chicago Rolling Mill Lave closed own
tor want of coke, caused by the stiIks IN he
coke regions. and 800 men are ibro~u out
Of enplo, ment. The rail mill has .Iso shut
4 4 = Z .
Niue thous.sd people iu South Chicago ar.
suppor ted by the rolling mill, the pay roll a.
nounung TO Sl25, 0OO mon,n.
When Capt Thomas Ph-las. Of Kansas City,
was stabbed 10 U Donovan Ross.s ofice. in
New York, two years ago be had N accident
policy for s. 900 In the Travellers Insurance
Company. The company refused TO pay the
money on the grsusd that fhelsn had pro-
voked the assault by gong 10 RossA's Office
PbelAn sued the company, and VAS on Satur-
day awarded judgment for The full amount.
Mrs. Henry Rsu.h, Of Wood couaty, W. Va,
has Just celebrated ber one hu nd th sirthuay
AT The age of hitesn she WAS married, md from
the union ,hirteen ehildrea we're born, eight OF
whom are still living, tie oldest being IS year,
old She has graadchild aged a., aud ihro
hin are iiyiag members OF 6Ue generations -
Her 4 Yestgr-st-gr~ndehildren number about
| huy and her descendants are more thas sI
bundled in number. She 10 sprig'ily snd vi.
gorsus asd ~siShs about !3a pounds.
| The town Of Trrs,ou, No, aad vieiaitv has
bsea infested for . ~e~k past by an insect the
description Of y hich agr-es fully With q species
of c.nth.ridss. or Spanish H.. The isssrIs
come 10 psrfsci swarms, ssd they aoi oaIy de-
YOUR vegetation 9Th .vidiiy. hot their vesi.
calling power sn the human body 10 fully 60 AL
TO e.aIb.rdes. Fully a thousand people 10
TIsstos are 81 present aursng eiisiers caused
by this iss~ct. and lights IL rssad.aees st night
have been almost aba adonei Tor i..r Ut .uraet.
ing The Peisoaoas insect.
| Mr. Robert SnaIl.. the coiorei coa,..i.n,
! 10 the se,euth South Car esngr rssios.l
district, h.s d.isrsainsI To make . vigorous
contest fer the sezt 10 tn, House weiea be h.s
occupied 'or snumhsr Of years past. Mr.. Vim
Elliott, a brother OF Rev. Or. Ealiotr. os W ,sh.
isgton, bold. The errIssc4n OF sIecIios. Se..
( ersl probiasst D-mocrstis l.sy-rs OF W ash
ington have e'sa asked TO Iske part IN Is-roa.
dues OF Su~ll, case hefot. Ia. floss~ coemt-
tee on elections Sn.ils, 1t - asssrs,os,d. 10
OF the oplaioa that hls cause ~'ii b. sIreaSsr
If be is rrpres.aied b, iaeaesti.i Drsocr.tiS
eeans-i
/ Go, Lre. of virsiai., has revived letter
from AdjaI.st General Drum. il hIcs b.
SAYS The Fr,titeot ui gh~ Usii'd S'si~s hsv
log approved To-. rssom'nsadssaoa 10 1t all the
n,g. ie the custody OF the War p-pir'tsesi b,
returned to sae .stssr,sies OF shs respective
States in htch the reximrats hrch borv toe u,
| ~rrs orgssixed, fer sac, sasI dI-pusi,ion .'
th.y n.y dei,rnins. ! an tasirsct,d sy The
Secretary of War TO make yos |. isadss Of 70.
.oisss's-f ~ sarI.noa. Of III. Stale q, yfFs,
ala o etschsrgisS this pleasant daiy ! bsg
yon sti p'-ase adVss. ms os yoar -l.hes Ia
, tbs matter. IL 10 the intention Ia rristain,
e-1h aag. TO give IL, hisfory as Ear as II - pos
sioIe 10 do -. st.,iax the ctreu .asi.ass. of 10.
capture aud recovery"